Too Many Reasons to Live: My Autobiography

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Following on from 7in7 – 7 marathons in 7 days in November 2020, and, a year later, Kevin ran The Extra Mile – 101 miles, finishing at Headingley Stadium. I would have asked [the restaurant] but Rob smiled and said: ‘I don’t think blended chicken nuggets would taste very nice. I love his mindset and his determination to try and live life to the fullest even with the current circumstances with the pandemic. I’d be a liar if I said it didn’t feel like a big two fingers to Brian McDermott but there was no point in dwelling on all that. That answer sums up some of the reasons behind the success of this club," said Brian McDermott, the imposing Leeds coach.There was a particular part that I wanted to quote from the book as it really stood out to me and gives you food for thought.

The 29-year-old has endured a testing year even by the standards of his Leeds team-mates, having lost his place as the starting scrum-half and been forced to adapt to a new role as an impact player off the interchange bench. As Rob types, Lindsey says: “He’s more interested in kicking a football at the moment but I think he’s got Rob’s sporting genes. Despite this, he was one of the most successful players in the competition's history, winning a total of eight Super League championships and two Challenge Cups, being named on the Super League Dream Team on three occasions, and winning the Harry Sunderland Trophy twice.Even though this is the first time we have met in person, it feels as if I am back with old friends. I would have been disappointed with myself because look at the way the club helped me through the disease. But my suffering as a fan is small potatoes compared to what Rob Burrow and his family have faced through the last couple of years. I am not a rugby league fan so had no knowledge of Rob Burrow from this field, and have to admit I did end up skim reading the tales of the rugby matches in the second half of the book as they didn’t hold much interest for me. miles of unimaginable strength from both but, perhaps more important, it conveys the friendship between the pair.